User blog comment:Cpt Crimson/DmC sales way lower than dmc4's/@comment-5045915-20130226104622

One of the things that turned me off from this game was its overly political tones. The main theme of the original DMC was about how true power came from love and compassion and not from hate. Sparta rebelled against the demons and singlehandedly defeated Mundus and his armies due to his compassion and love for humans. In the DMC universe it has always been believed that a demon could attain true power if it relied on that power, shown with both Dante, Nero, and Vergil (his mother's death drove him to seek power). The thing I loved about Japanese games were that many never crossed the political line. DMC was more of a game about philosophies and over-the-top hilarity.

In my opinion, the huge change between the iconic characters is where most of my irks come from. The changes between Dante and Vergil were too huge and caused a huge uproar in the fanbase (which I would assume is where all the rage is at), something that I somtimes wonder what the hell was NT thinking at the time. The setting is interesting. But then again I do not like all of the political undertones in an attempt to make the game seem more "realistic". The old DMC was dark, but it had a certain magic and class to it. The new DmC tried to replicate that dark feel but I felt they flopped when they started throwing in those political undertones.

Those are my thoughts on the story. Gameplay-wise I believe that DMC4 represented the pinnacle of the Devil May Cry series. The fighting system had incredible depth and style, and made you work for your S-ranks. However, at the same time casual gamers could get through the game using just simple slashes and button mashing. What I liked about the ranking system was that it challenged casual gamers to get better, something that games of this generation don't do much anymore.

Also, the swearing. Turn it down please. The older DMCs had almost no cursing. In place of that was often colorful, cheesy, and often hilarious dialogue that became a trademark of the Devil May Cry series. Now it seems that characters just swear left and right for no apparent reason at all.

If anything, I'd call Metal Gear Rising the spiritual successor and sequel to Devil May Cry.